Trump's War Against Veterans

[Private Pickle]

The branch of government which has the most power is the congress. The legislative branch. This is obvious.

You are trying to construct a strawman. It ain’t working

How is the legislative branch more powerful than the executive branch or the judicial branch?

[Tahuyaman]

Eye roll.

[Cletus]

I’m just saying “co-equal” does not mean they have different roles which is what you asserted.

No one has asserted that.

The Legislative Branch ultimately has the greatest power. It makes law. It controls the purse. The Executive has the power to veto bills, but the Legislature, can with a super majority override that veto. The Executive commands the military, but the Legislature controls the money to operate it.

I don't think there is any doubt, that Congress is the most powerful branch of government. The Judiciary has tried over the years to assume powers it was never intended to have, and some might say it has the greatest power because it can declare the actions of the Legislature or the Executive to be unconstitutional, but really, it only has the power the other branches allow it to have.

[Private Pickle]

No one has asserted that.

The Legislative Branch ultimately has the greatest power. It makes law. It controls the purse. The Executive has the power to veto bills, but the Legislature, can with a super majority override that veto. The Executive commands the military, but the Legislature controls the money to operate it.

I don't think there is any doubt, that Congress is the most powerful branch of government. The Judiciary has tried over the years to assume powers it was never intended to have, and some might say it has the greatest power because it can declare the actions of the Legislature or the Executive to be unconstitutional, but really, it only has the power the other branches allow it to have.

Tahu asserted that.

That doesn’t make them co-equal. That means they all have their constitutional function.

That isn’t the definition of co-equal.
Either way you just described checks and balances. Not that one branch has more power than the other. Throw in executive orders and you have legislation at the executive level.

I don’t get your logic on the the judicial branch. Neither the executive nor legislative branches give power or take power away from the judicial. Only the Constitution does that and the judicial branch is the last say on the interpretation of the Constitution.

[Cletus]

I don’t get your logic on the the judicial branch. Neither the executive nor legislative branches give power or take power away from the judicial. Only the Constitution does that and the judicial branch is the last say on the interpretation of the Constitution.

The Judicial Branch has no enforcement ability. It can't do anything but make pronouncements.

To paraphrase Stalin... "How many divisions does the Supreme Court have?"

Executive orders are not law. They are instructions for the management of the Executive Branch of government.

[Tahuyaman]

Sometimes people get stuck with trying to defend a wrong headed position.

[Tahuyaman]

Tahu asserted that.

. You’re having a tough time understanding the issue here.

[Private Pickle]

The Judicial Branch has no enforcement ability. It can't do anything but make pronouncements.

To paraphrase Stalin... "How many divisions does the Supreme Court have?"

Executive orders are not law. They are instructions for the management of the Executive Branch of government.

So you define “power” has having the ability to enforce laws. Congress doesn’t have that ability either.

[Private Pickle]

. You’re having a tough time understanding the issue here.

You’re having a tough time with the definition of “co-equal”.

[DGUtley]

I understood that the branches were designed to be co-equal.

http://www.leadinglawyers.com/helpde...nstitution.htm

I think you can argue that it's become somewhat of a myth lately.